The Grand Rapids Griffins faced what is a usual weekend for them--play (and win) at home on Friday night, take a 6-hour bus ride to another city (Toronto), and play an afternoon game against a team motivated to show a few former players (Kris Newbury and Jeremy Williams) a thing or two while a former Griffin (Joey MacDonald) hoped to earn a measure of revenge.

On Saturday, the Griffins walked into Toronto and took a 6-3 decision from the Toronto Marlies thanks to a 4-goal second period which involved 3 points from the former Marlie, Jeremy Williams (1 goal, 2 assists), a total of three power play goals on five attempts, and a superb performance by a possible Wings call-up (Jakub Kindl posted three assists) and a prospect who doesn't seem very likely to make a visit to Plymouth anytime soon (Tomas Tatar posted two assists and scored an empty-net goal). The Griffins' website provides a recap thereof:

November 21, Griffinshockey.com: The Griffins (12-5-0-0) jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Evan McGrath
scored his fourth goal of the season at 11:41 of the opening period.
Kindl drew coverage to the point before connecting with McGrath at the
top of the right circle, where he went top shelf with a wrist shot.

The Marlies (7-7-1-2) answered in the final minute of period, when
Jay Rosehill snuck a shot past Daniel Larsson from the left side point
at the 19:38 mark.

In the second period, the Griffins built a 4-1 lead by scoring three
goals on 10 shots. During a power play opportunity, McGrath was
credited with his second goal of the night when his pass that was
intended for Francis Pare tipped off a Toronto defenseman and ended up
in the Marlies’ net at 3:52.

At 11:12, Tatar sent a cross-ice pass to Williams who rifled a
one-time shot from the left circle for another power play goal. Then,
with 6:10 remaining in the period, Matias Ritola cashed in on a rebound
from the top the crease, putting the Griffins ahead by a 4-1 count.

In the third period, the Griffins scored their third power play goal
of the night when Jamie Tardif slammed home a one-time shot from close
range, giving the Griffins a 5-1 lead.

Alex Foster answered for Toronto when he scored a power play goal of
his own at 8:15, before he chipped in a centering pass from Viktor
Stalberg at 15:15, making the score 5-3.

November 21, Canadian Press: “Their power play was really good, they got three goals that way,” said
Marlies captain Ben Ondrus. “It's something we need to fix.”

Williams, who spent his first five pro seasons in Toronto's system
and is the Marlies' all-time leading goal-scorer (74), and Tatar also
chipped in with two assists for three-point efforts, while Griffins
defenceman Jakub Kindl collected three helpers.

The win was the second in a row for the Griffins to improve to
12-5-0 on the season. Grand Rapids has won 11 of its past 12 games,
including a nine-game win streak that lasted from Oct. 23 to Nov. 13.

“I thought we controlled the 5-on-5 play,” said Marlies coach Dallas
Eakins, “We had some great chances and with any luck a couple of those
pucks go in. They had a goal go in off of someone's foot on the power
play, and we had a couple of missed assignments on their two other
power-play goals, and that was it.”

The Marlies' biggest victory of the night? Their website noted that the Marlies drew 4,126 to Ricoh Coliseum on a night when the Maple Leafs hosted the Washington Capitals.

And, for the record, Chris Chelios was held pointless as the Texas Stars, who the Griffins beat on Friday, lost to the Chicago Wolves by a 3-1 tally.